Electroacupuncture Shows Effects on Pain Perception
By AdminExperiments in volunteers confirm that electroacupuncture—applying electrical current to acupuncture needles—has pain-reducing effects, reports a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
The results also lend new insights into how long treatments should be for greatest effectiveness. “We conclude that the optimal duration for asynchronous electroacupuncture stimulation is 30 minutes,” write Dr. Shu-Ming Wang and colleagues of Yale School of Medicine.... more
(0) Reader Feedback || Admin Most recent columns |

